1.) When were you diagnosesed with fibro?

2.) Were you working at the time? If so, was it full/part time? Were you forced to quit work?

3.) What, if any, medications are you currently taking?

4.) What are your most severe symptoms? How would you rate them on a scale from 1-10 (with 10 being the worst)?

5.) Do you have any other medical conditions in conjunction with fibro?

6.) If, do they exacerbate your condition?

7.) Do you have a stable support system?

8.) If so, who are they? If not, how do you manage your life?

9.) Are you completely house bound or are you mobile? If mobile do you use any type of support/walking device?

10.) If you could describe fibro to someone with only one word, what would it be?

Lori Jardine

dragonfly

1.) When were you diagnosesed with fibro?

2.) Were you working at the time? If so, was it full/part time? Were you forced to quit work?

3.) What, if any, medications are you currently taking?

4.) What are your most severe symptoms? How would you rate them on a scale from 1-10 (with 10 being the worst)?

5.) Do you have any other medical conditions in conjunction with fibro?

6.) If, do they exacerbate your condition?

7.) Do you have a stable support system?

8.) If so, who are they? If not, how do you manage your life?

9.) Are you completely house bound or are you mobile? If mobile do you use any type of support/walking device?

10.) If you could describe fibro to someone with only one word, what would it be?

Lori Jardine

Bella

2) No, I had been forced to quit work r/t a car

accident and I feel the fibro placed a part

3) Lyrica, Carbatrol, indocin, synthroid, topamax,

lexapro, ultram, vitamin B12, flexeril, percocet

4) Pain in the legs and arms, burning in the feet,

lack of sensation that causes me to drop things,

decreased memory and concentration, exhausting

depends on the day --with meds (7) overall

5) TMJ, trigiminal neuralgia, occipital neualgia,

chronic migraine headaches, C2-5 ridiculapathy,

optic migraines, depression, anxiety

6) yes

7) yes

8) husband, daughter, parents

9) mobile with help-current aircast for broken ankle

rarely drive r/t meds and pain, cannot walk very

far without tiring

10) merciless

dragonfly